Exodus 22:2
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 22
“If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.”Exodus 22:2
What Does Exodus 22:2 Mean?
Exodus 22:2 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 22, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Exodus 22:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 24:43“But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.”Numbers 35:27“And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:”Matthew 6:19“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:”Genesis 9:6“Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”Jeremiah 2:34“Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.”Deuteronomy 17:8“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”Job 24:14“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”Job 24:16“In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.”Job 30:5“They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)”Ezekiel 18:10“If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,”Hosea 7:1“When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.”Joel 2:9“They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.”1 Thessalonians 5:2“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”
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